Jeff,
I can sympathize completely. It took me entirely too long (in my
opinion) as well. In fact, I bought the uni as a fitness machine but
quickly found out that it was much more suited to exercising my sense
of humility.
Here is how I got over the this agonizing stage: find yourself a
couple of dining room chairs with tall backs. Set them back to back
with a few feet between them. Get yourself up on the unicycle while
holding on the backs of the chairs and try for a foot position of 3
o'clock - 9 o'clock. Then when you feel ready, let go of the chairs
and try to do one pedal revolution. THEN STOP and go back and do it
again. Don't let yourself ride to the point of UPD. Repetition is the
key and with this method you could probably do this 40 or more times in
a short session.
If this is too easy, do the same thing but with 2 pedal revolutions or
it's too hard go with half a pedal revolution. Doesn't really matter,
but it's important that you thoroughly practice what you can do
successfully and make the most of your practice sessions.
I found that 15 minutes of this per day made a big difference in my
learning curve.
Good luck and don't give up!
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